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6 5 4 3 2 1
“Bottom” ---------------------------------------“Top”
E A DGBE
Practice picking each string, one at a time, with the following counts.
Start on the low E, then move to the A, and continue to the high E. Then reverse the order,
starting with the high E, then to B, etc., all the way back to the low E. Say the names of the
strings as you play them.
Chords
“A chord is a group of notes
that sound good played together.”
II 23 II 23
III III
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The Three Principal
Chords in C Major
C F G7
X X X
“Bar”
I 1 I 1 1 I 1
II 2 II 2 II 2
IV IV IV
V V V
-IMPORTANT-
Tap your foot in time with the beat!
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Chord Studies
-Key of C Major-
C G7 C G7 C G7 C G7
1) //// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
C G7 C F C G7 C F
2) //// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
C F C F C F G7 C
3) //// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
Amazing Grace
C C F C C C G7 G7
3 /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
4
C C F C C G7 C C
/// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
12-Bar Blues in C
C F
//// //// //// //// //// ////
C G7 F C
//// //// //// //// //// ////
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Spanish Scale 1
I 1
II 2 2
III 3 3 3
IV
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The Three Principal
Chords in A Minor
Am Dm E7
X X X
I 1 I 1 I 1
II 2 3 II 2 II 2
IV IV IV
V V V
-IMPORTANT-
☺ Tap your foot in time with the beat! ☺
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Chord Studies
-Key of A Minor-
Am E7 Am E7 Am Dm Am E7
1) //// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
Am Dm Am E7 Am Dm E7 Am
2) //// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 Am E7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Am Dm Am E7 Am E7 Am E7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Am Dm Am E7 Am Dm Am E7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Am Dm Am E7 Am Dm Am E7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
12-Bar Blues in Am
Am Dm
//// //// //// //// //// ////
Am E7 Dm Am
//// //// //// //// //// ////
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Spanish Scale 2
I 1 1
II 2
III 3 3
IV
G string 02
B string 013
E string 0135
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Tablature
Tablature is one of the earliest ways people wrote music on paper.
Each line represents a string, and frets are indicated by numbers. It can
be tricky knowing which fingers to use, but usually the fingering is
determined by the POSITION. Single-picking the 1234 exercise in Vth
position would be tabbed like this:
E
B T
G 5 6 7 8
D A 5 6 7 8
A 5 6 7 8
E B 5 6 7 8
E 5 6 7 8 8 7 6 5
B T 5 6 7 8 8 7 6 5
G
D A
A
E B
E
B T
G 8 7 6 5
D A 8 7 6 5
A 8 7 6 5
E B 8 7 6 5
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Tab Etude 1
E 01 3 5 0
B T 013 1
G 02 2
D A 023 2
A 023 0
E B 013
E 5 3 1 0 0
B T 3 1 0 0
G 2 0 1
D A 3 2 0 2
A 3 2 0 2
E B 3 1 0
Tab Etude 2
E
B T 1
G 0 2
D A 2 3 0 3 3 2 0
A 0 2 3 2
E B 3 3 3
E 1
B T 1 0
G 0 2 0
D A 2 3 0
A 3 2
E B 3 3
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12-Bar Blues in A
A A A A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
D D A A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E D A A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Blues Riff in A
E
B T
G
D A 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E B
Blues Riff in D
E
B T
G 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
D A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
E B
Blues Riff in E
E
B T
G
D A
A 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
E B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Robert Johnson
“Standing at the Crossroads”
Original Artwork by Neal Harpe, Used with Permission
V 1 1 1 1 1 1
VII 3 3 3
VIII 4 4 4
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The Three Principal
Chords in D Major
D G A7
X X X
I I I
II 1 2 II 1 II 1 2
IV IV IV
V V V
Tambourine Man
G A7 D G D G A7 A7
//// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
G A7 D G D G A7 D
//// //// //// //// //// //// //// ////
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The Three Principal
Chords in G Major
G C D7
X X X
I I 1 I 1
II 2 II 2 II 2 3
IV IV IV
V V V
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Get Excellent Doing
Chords Alot!
G E D
X X
I I 1 I
II 1 II II 1 2
2 3
III 2 3 III III 3
IV IV IV
V V V
C A
X X
I 1 I
II 2 II 1 2 3
III 3 III
IV IV
V V
1) G D C C D
Name / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
That 2) E D A E D A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Tune!
3) G G C D DC
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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Movable Bar Chords
5 Shapes of G Major
G Major
I
E shape
II -Bar-
1
III 2 3 III 1 1 1
IV IV 2 D shape
V V 3 4 V
1
VI
C shape VI
VII VII
1 1 VII 2 3
VIII 2 VIII 4
IX 3 A shape
X 4 1
X G shape
XI
XI
XII 3 3 3
XII 1 1 1
XIII
XIII
XIV XIV
XV 4
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Pentatonics
5 Shapes of C Major / A minor
“Guideposts, not fence posts…”
II 1 1
III 2 2 2 2
V 4 4 4 4 4 4
V 1 1 1 1 1 1
VII 3 3 3
VII 1 1 1
VIII 4 4 4
VIII 2 2 2
IX 1 IX 3
X 1 1 1 1 1 X
4 4 4 4 4
XII
3 3 3 4 3
XII 1 1 1 1 1
XIII 4
XIII 2
XIV 3 3
XV
4 4 4 4
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